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Re:Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing fut... by appreciatorBus on Sunday September 27, 2026 @10:28AM (#49866931)
Again, totally one-sided.

You’re making an assumption that immigration lead leads to a better economy, ignoring the possibility of more competition for jobs, lead leading to less power and wages for workers.

Re:Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing fut... by aceofspades19 on Sunday September 27, 2026 @06:45PM (#49871571)
There are studies that show that immigration leads to higher job and wage growth: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/explainer/immigrants-us-econ... (look at the bottom for sources). It's not an assumption.

You're focusing on one side of the supply-demand graph. Immigrants increase both the demand & supply side, they require more jobs but also the increase in population increases demand for more products and services. There is no fixed amount of jobs in a country.

I do agree if a country were to let in 100 million immigrants over night or some insane number that it would mess up the economy, there is an upper bound to this.

Re:Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing fut... by appreciatorBus on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @12:59PM (#49911526)
Wonderful, then we agree, we are just haggling over the quantity or pace.

I would also introduce the concept of culture – if the economic indicators seem fine, but the culture is becoming balkanized and sectarian, then I would argue you still have a problem driven by quantity and or pace of immigration.

Re:Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing fut... by aceofspades19 on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @06:55PM (#49915544)
Well I mean I've never heard anyone argue in favour of absolutely unlimited immigration but okay.

How do you measure culture empirically and how can you empirically say that culture is being balkanized specifically by immigrants and not other factors? You can't just take anecdotal evidence to say okay no more immigration because you have big feelings about it. There are places in the world still where having a non-zero amount of people of a different race moving into the neighbourhood would trigger some people to make the claim that the culture is becoming balkanized and sectarian.